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Chest of Drawers

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1800-1825

GUSN

GUSN-3371

Description

A rectangular overhanging top with a molded edge on a chest and four graduated drawers with a thumb molded edge, all raised on a bracket base. The end boards have a shaped cut-out base. Each drawer has two round turned knobs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chests of drawers
case furniture
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Chest Of Drawers

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

34 x 42 x 19 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1155

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